Luis Batiz Sainz

Luis Batiz Sainz (13 September 1870-15 August 1926) was a Catholic saint and a member of the Knights of Columbus. In 1926, he was executed by the Mexican government during the Cristero War.

Biography
Luis Batiz Sainz was born in Mexico on 13 September 1870, and he was ordained as a priest of the Catholic Church in 1894. Batiz became a parish priest in Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, as well as a member of the Knights of Columbus. He was fervent in his Eucharistic adoration, and he always wanted to be a martyr. In 1926, he spoke at a meeting that discussed the possibility of armed rebellion against the oppressive government, whose anticlerical policies alienated the religious Catholics of the country. On 14 August 1926, he was arrested by government soldiers, and he was shot on a roadside the next day.